65 percent told CNN that they’d rather see the president and Congress pay attention to jobs rather than “reducing the budget deficit” (29 percent).

46 percenttold Bloomberg that “unemployment and jobs” are the most important issue facing the country right now, compared to 12 percent who cited the federal deficit and 18 percent who said government spending.

Who do people trust more to deliver on jobs? (Hint: It’s not the Republicans)

IN ONE SENTENCE: We have a jobs crisis, and the American people strongly support the steps the president has proposed to put Americans back to work — including asking the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share.

The potential for growing conflict between Turkey Israel poses a dangerous dilemma for the U.S.

With Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s upcoming visit to the United Nations General Assembly quickly approaching,new questions are raised about Ahmadinejad’s political strength within Iran and his ability to stand up to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Sign Here: Tell Congress to Rebuild America

For the past decade, Congress has had no problem spending over $120 billion to rebuild schools, roads, bridges and other essential infrastructure in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, America’s infrastructure is crumbling and millions of people are out of work.

All the Republican leaders in Congress voted to approve massive amounts of funding to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan without a penny in offsets. But now they are opposing President Obama’s proposal to rebuild America even though it’s fully paid for.